"I like to feel that it’s my job to instigate the process with a cool drawing that inspires everyone else here into making something really cool, and worth the effort."February 11, 2012 10:59 AMSubscribe

Holy cow, the artwork on his site is brilliantly creative. There are a lot of quick sketches that reveal his gifted talent and careful attention to detail, but his paintings and sculptures were amazing. He worked in all sorts of mediums and styles. And so much of what he posted is just incredible. Thank you for posting this. What a loss. :(

Started downloading GOTY version last night when I heard about this. Thought I was done with the Capitol Wasteland, but the memories have pulled me back in. When I have scratched this itch I will get back to Skyrim. I have spent hundreds of hours in your worlds, Adam, thank you so much for the experiences.posted by Meatbomb at 11:52 AM on February 11, 2012

Wow, I hadn't seen the concept art for either game, which is astonishing considering how much I love both. Really great stuff. Amazing how much of the character of these kinds of games is created early on, by a few people.posted by danny the boy at 11:54 AM on February 11, 2012

Are those some sort of specialty monitors in the "passed away" link, or am I so used to seeing widescreen monitors now that smallish square monitors look foreign?posted by Ian A.T. at 12:30 PM on February 11, 2012

I have the collector's editions of Fallout 3 and Skyrim. I love the style of both games and the concept art in the books is amazing. Finished Fallout3 a long time ago. Still plugging away in Skyrim. Thanks for giving us worlds, Adam, we like worlds.posted by sciatica at 3:07 PM on February 11, 2012

I don't like many games. But I loved Fallout 3, man. Well done.

On the one hand, I'm sad to lose him; he had something really special, clearly, and I wish he'd been able to keep creating beautiful things for all of us till we were old and gray. On the other hand, god, I'm so glad our society gave this dude a huge megaphone. He's had a tremendous impact on gamer culture, I think. Both Skyrim and Fallout 3 really raised the bar for what it means to create an immersive world within a game, and I think gaming on the whole is better off for it. I feel privileged to have played games to which he contributed, and I know so many other people who do too.

Loved F3 and have put many hours into F:NV. I'm over 100 hours into Skyrim and I have barely made a dent in the main storyline, despite being on my second character (both over level 40). I'm just taking my sweet time to soak in the world for as long as I can.

I just played through Fallout 3 last year and was playing The Pitt last week. I love the look of that game, sad to think what he could have designed in the future.posted by octothorpe at 6:33 PM on February 11, 2012

Fallout 3 was the last long-form major-label RPG I can remember not only enjoying, but being completely immersed in. The design of everything in that game was just right.posted by sixohsix at 6:29 AM on February 12, 2012

No matter what your opinions are of Fallout 3 and Skyrim, this is extremely sad. That whooshing you hear is the overwhelming sound of creative brilliance being sucked out of the the game industry. Did he have a hand in either of Skyrim's predecessors, Oblivion and Morrowind?posted by Gordion Knott at 7:25 AM on February 12, 2012

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